NANO Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Ajith Kumar is an Indian film actor who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. In addition to his acting, he is also a motor car racer and participated in the MRF Racing series (2010) in Chennai, apart from cooking skills, photography and UAV/drone modelling.He began his career with a small role in the 1990 Tamil film En Veedu En Kanavar. Singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam introduced Ajith to Tamil film industry by referring him to play lead role in Amaravathi (1993).Then, Ajith starred in film Prema Pusthakam (1993), and his first critical acclaimed appearance was in the thriller Aasai (1995).He subsequently established himself as a romantic hero with Kadhal Kottai (1996), Aval Varuvala (1998) and Kadhal Mannan (1998). Successful films such as Vaali (1999), Mugavaree (2000), Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000) and Citizen (2001) followed. He established himself as an action hero with films such as Amarkalam (1999), Dheena (2001), Villain (2002), Attahasam (2004), Varalaru (2006), Mankatha (2011), Arrambam (2013), Veeram (2014), Yennai Arindhaal (2015) Vedalam (2015), Vivegam (2017) and Viswasam (2019). To date, Ajith has acted in 57 films.Ajith was born on 1 May 1971, in Hyderabad, India.His father P. Subramaniam is from Palakkad, Kerala and his mother Mohini is Sindhi and is from Kolkata, West Bengal.He dropped out of Asan Memorial Senior Secondary School in 1986 before completing his higher secondary.Ajith created the non-profit organisation "Mohini-Mani Foundation", named after his parents, in order to promote self-hygiene and civic consciousness and to help ease the problems of urban sprawl.Ajith was the middle son out of three brothers, the others being Anup Kumar, an investor, and Anil Kumar, an IIT Madras graduate-turned-entrepreneur.Acting career 1990–93 Ajith did not speak Tamil as a child, and mastered it only after becoming an actor. Aged 19, Ajith began his acting career and appeared in a song in En Veedu En Kanavar (1990). Later, Ajith was selected by the Telugu film production company Lakshmi Productions, to star in its film; however, the shooting was stalled soon after filming began, following the death of the film's director.Ajith then appeared in the low budget Telugu film Prema Pustakam in 1992, which remains his last direct Telugu film to date. His first Tamil film Amaravathi, directed by then-newcomer Selva, was a moderate success and his voice was rendered by fellow actor Vikram.After the release and while training for an amateur motor race, Ajith suffered a fall, injuring his back and underwent three major surgeries resulting in bed rest for one and a half years.Following the injury in 1993, Ajith played a small role in the Arvind Swamy starrer Paasamalargal, before appearing in a supporting lead role in the family drama Pavithra, which featured him as an ailing patient shown maternal affection from Raadhika. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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